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fj12ryder wrote:bkirkpatrick wrote:The main problem with your welding idea is that you're not addressing the problem, you're putting a band-aid on it without determining the issue. The fact of the matter is that those bolts should not work loose, and if they are, there are deeper problems that need to be located. Welding the nut, or double-nutting, or whatever, doesn't fix the real problem: Why are those bolts loosening up?
(snip) We are trying to find solutions for the OP whose nuts are backing off of the bolt (no pun intended). We could always recommend drilling the nut and bolt and putting a piece of safety wire through it but that is not realistic. (Snip)
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Nov-04-2014 06:14 PM
bkirkpatrick wrote:The main problem with your welding idea is that you're not addressing the problem, you're putting a band-aid on it without determining the issue. The fact of the matter is that those bolts should not work loose, and if they are, there are deeper problems that need to be located. Welding the nut, or double-nutting, or whatever, doesn't fix the real problem: Why are those bolts loosening up?
(snip) We are trying to find solutions for the OP whose nuts are backing off of the bolt (no pun intended). We could always recommend drilling the nut and bolt and putting a piece of safety wire through it but that is not realistic. (Snip)
Nov-04-2014 05:58 PM
Nov-03-2014 07:08 PM
fj12ryder wrote:That is not true. Simply a matter of piece of mind. We are trying to find solutions for the OP whose nuts are backing off of the bolt (no pun intended). We could always recommend drilling the nut and bolt and putting a piece of safety wire through it but that is not realistic.
My thought would be that if you have enough of a problem that you feel you need to weld the nuts on, then there are some real serious issues somewhere. I've never worked on anything that was so poorly designed that the nuts had to be welded to keep from coming loose.
Nov-03-2014 06:42 PM
Nov-03-2014 05:50 PM
fj12ryder wrote:Why would you re-torque them? I could see if they were aluminum or something where the metal was soft but steel is steel. Also, I am not talking about a complete tig weld around the nut. Just a dap of spot weld.
Makes removal, retorquing a bit a challenge doesn't it? 🙂
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